The Benefits of Facebook Friends

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The Benefits of Facebook "Friends:" Social Capital and College Students' Use of Online Social Network Sites

Department of Telecommunication, Information Studies, and Media
Michigan State University 2007

This study examines the relationship between use of Facebook, a popular online social network site, and the formation and maintenance of social capital. In addition to assessing bonding and bridging social capital, we explore a dimension of social capital that assesses one's ability to stay connected with members of a previously inhabited community, which we call maintained social capital.

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